i don't think at all that ever had to do with chris christie. i think that's now -- >> rose: you saw the president being presidential. >> and the conversation was about the storm. it was not about what we were talking about. >> rose: someone said to me that stuart stevens believed from day one until the election night that somehow the election of president obama, re-election would not happen because of the economy. he always believed that that would be the issue that determined the election. was it? >> well, the economy was a very large issue. one of the interesting thing that happened was after the democratic convention which was very successful, i'll credit that. the right track of the country began to go up. and those that thought that the president was doing a good job on the economy went up. part of this is the democrats got energized and they were reminded what they liked about the president. of course president clinton did a good job. and the right track wrong track, he was right track of the country wrong track of the country among the e